The United States just hit a major milestone in public health, as the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) announced that life expectancy for Americans rose to a full 79 years in 2024. That’s the highest mark ever recorded in the nation’s history. Even better, ABC News reported that preliminary statistics suggest this upward trend is going to continue right through 2025.
Experts are celebrating. It isn’t just that the COVID-19 pandemic is finally fading away; we’re also seeing death rates waning across the board for the nation’s biggest killers. This includes major diseases like heart disease and cancer, plus a significant decline in drug overdoses. Robert Anderson, from the National Center for Health Statistics, summed up the general feeling perfectly when he said, “It’s pretty much good news all the way around.”
